Éire

See also:eire,Eire,andEiré

English

Proper noun

Éire

1. Alternative spelling ofEire.
   • 1989,Thomas E. Hachey, Joseph M. Hernon, Jr., Lawrence J. McCaffrey, “The de Valera Era, 1932–1959: Continuity and Change in Irish Life”, inThe Irish Experience,Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:Prentice Hall,→ISBN,section “The Irish Republic, 1948–1959”,page217:

     British subjects inÉirecould not vote, hold public office, or work in the government service ofÉire,whereasÉirecitizens in Britain could do all of these.

   • 2011,Gavin Hughes, “Commitment, Casualties and Loss: Comparative Aspects of Irish Regiments at Dunkirk 1940 and in Western Europe, 1944–1945”, in Gerald Morgan, Gavin Hughes, editors,Southern Ireland and the Liberation of France: New Perspectives(Reimagining Ireland; volume 33),Peter Lang,→ISBN,→ISSN,page85:

     In the light of modern scholarship it now seems highly likely that the total recruitment figure for both Northern Irish andÉirecitizens in the British Armed Forces stood at around 100–120,000 men and women.

   • 2018,Wendy Webster, “Introduction: ‘The Big Proposition’”, inMi xing It: Diversity in World War Two Britain,Oxford University Press,→ISBN,→LCCN,page 9:

     SinceÉireremained in the Commonwealth during the war—leaving in 1949—it could be argued that volunteers and war workers fromÉirebelong in this list.Éirewas the only Commonwealth country to remain neutral throughout the war.

Irish

Alternative forms

• Éirinn(Cois Fharraige,Waterford,formerly in Leinster)

Etymology

FromOld IrishÉriu,probably, although theÉis unexpected and unexplained, fromProto-Celtic*Φīweriyū.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈeːɾʲə/

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Proper noun

Éiref(genitiveÉireann)

1. Ireland(an island inEurope)
2. Ireland(a country inEurope)

Usage notes

The definite article is used only in the genitive case. This is one of the few nouns in Irish with a distinctdative casein the standard language.

Inflection

Declension ofÉire(fifth declension,no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Éire vocative aÉire genitive Éireann dative Éirinn forms with thedefinite article case singular nominative anÉire genitive nahÉireann dative leis anÉirinn donÉirinn

Derived terms

• Éireannach(“Irish (person)”)
• Saorstát Éireann
• Éire go brách

Mutation

Mutated formsofÉire

radical	eclipsis	withh-prothesis	witht-prothesis
Éire	nÉire	hÉire	not applicable

Note:Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.